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by Robert Greene<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you\u2019re a high school or college student, working in the professional world, or you just want to pick up a skill in your everyday life, this technique is a life change. What makes it so different from others is that it nearly entirely stops memorization from playing such a large role in learning something new. Instead, it makes you understand more deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Feynman Technique<\/a> is very closely related to the famous Albert Einstein saying that you don\u2019t know something well if you can\u2019t explain it to a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist, is the one who created the technique. He used it all his life without giving it a name. When he was just 15 years old, he had self-taught himself advanced algebra, analytic geometry, trigonometry, infinite series, and differential and <\/em>integral calculus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later on, he would grow up to become an iconic pioneer in quantum computing, introduce the concept of nanotechnology, work on particle physics, and become a figure in the Manhattan Project. In 1965, he won a Nobel Prize in physics for his unparalleled work in quantum electrodynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All this time, he was famously known as the \u201cgreat explainer.\u201d People hailed his peerless ability to explain and translate complicated scientific theories into simpler terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, he invented the Feynman Technique, which is a simple four step process for mastering any skill and understanding any topic faster than you can imagine. You can learn anything using this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The steps to the technique go like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Number one is identifying the topic and exactly what you want to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Number two is trying to teach it to a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Number three is reviewing your explanation and nitpicking it for confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, number four is refining your technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sounds simple enough, right? Let\u2019s dive right into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first step Richard Feynman wants you to do is to take a blank piece of paper and write down exactly what you want to learn. Identify the subject and clarify in painful detail everything you want to learn about it. You can\u2019t simply write \u201cmaths\u201d on it, for example. You want to be as specific as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What this step does is help you learn exactly <\/em>where you need to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do as Einstein says and teach it to a child in simple terms. You don\u2019t necessarily have to teach it to a child, but you want to break down the subject as if you were. You can take a notebook and– using the plainest vocabulary possible, in the simplest language– write down your understanding of the idea as if you were explaining it to someone who doesn\u2019t understand it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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